'''Amtrak''' [http://www.amtrak.com/] serves nearby [[Glenwood Springs]] and [[Grand Junction]] with the '''California Zephyr''' [http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Route/Horizontal_Route_Page&c=am2Route&cid=1081256321209&ssid=137], which runs daily between Emeryville (in the [[Bay Area (California) |San Francisco Bay Area]]) and [[Chicago]]. For more information, see [[rail travel in the US]].

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'''Amtrak''' [http://www.amtrak.com/] serves nearby [[Glenwood Springs]] and [[Grand Junction]] with the '''California Zephyr''' [http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Route/Horizontal_Route_Page&c=am2Route&cid=1081256321209&ssid=137], which runs daily between Emeryville (in the [[Bay Area (California) |San Francisco Bay Area]]) and [[Chicago]]. For more information, see [[Rail_travel_in_the_United_States|rail travel in the US]].

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Understand

For a small town, Paonia is a bastion of progressive media, community activism and liberal thinking. Main Street boasts The High Country News[2], an internationally award winning environmental newspaper renown for its investigative jourinalism. KVNF (90.9 FM) [3] is a left-leaning Paonia-based public radio station that broadcasts from Grand Junction to Lake City.

Get in

By plane

Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, (also known as Sardy Field) (IATA: ASE) (ICAO: KASE)), [4]. Major carriers to Aspen include United, US Airways, Delta Airlines, and Frontier Airlines. ASE is a small airport for small planes only, and traffic tends to stop in any inclement weather. Flying into Denver Airport and driving up to Aspen is more reliable and often cheaper.

Denver International Airport[6], (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN). Commonly referred to as DIA. It is located about 20 miles to the east of downtown. Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines all maintain hubs at the airport in Concourses A, B, and C respectively. Most other major domestic carriers also have service here.

Grand Junction Regional Airport[7], (IATA: GJT, ICAO: KGJT), otherwise known as Walker Field, is served by six airlines with nonstop service to Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. Some service is seasonal.

Sleep

Bross Hotel, 312 Onarga St Paonia, ☎+1-970-527-6776, [15]. An authentic 100 year old lodging, the Bross first opened in 1906 by Deputy Sheriff W. T. Bross. At the time it was considered "the only really first-class hotel in the county". Homemade quilts on the beds. Ask about the Ghost Room, haunted by the friendly ghost of Mother Bross.

Lamborn B & B, ☎+1-970-527-8911 (millsaplj@aol.com), [17]. Detached cottage as well as 3 guest rooms in the main house, each with en suite bath. Country breakfast in the sunny breakfast room, or on the deck.